PROFILE
- Private women-centered university founded in 1842 Downloadable Key Facts (PDF)
- Undergraduate options:
- College for Women
- Adult Degree Program (co-educational)
- Graduate programs:
- Graduate Teacher Education
- Shakespeare and Performance
- Locations
- Historic main campus located in downtown Staunton, Virginia, in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley
- Regional Centers in Charlottesville, Rappahannock, Richmond, Roanoke, South Boston, Staunton, Weyers Cave, and Williamsburg
ACADEMICS
- Organized into four Schools of Excellence:
- Arts, Humanities, and Renaissance Studies
- Education, Health, and Social Work
- Social Sciences, Business, and Global Studies
- Science
- Undergraduate degrees in more than 50 majors and minors: Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Science (BS), Bachelor of Social Work (BSW)
- Two undergraduate pathways with same requirements for the bachelor’s degree:
- College for Women
- Adult Degree Program
- Two graduate programs
- Graduate Teacher Education, including Master of Arts in Teaching and Master of Education
- Master of Letters (MLitt) and Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Shakespeare and Performance
- Pre-professional programs in law, medicine, ministry, ROTC (Air Force, Navy, Army)
- Undergraduate and post baccalaureate teacher licensure programs
- Academic partnerships
- American Shakespeare Center (MLitt/MFA program)
- Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library (Public History program)
- Virginia Program at Oxford
BY THE NUMBERS
STUDENT BODY AND ENROLLMENT (2012–2013)
- 788 undergraduate women in the Residential College for Women
- Student/Faculty Ratio 12:1
- Average Class Size 17.7
- 1273 adult degree women and men
- 291 graduate women and men
DEGREES AWARDED (2011–2012)
- Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science — 247
- Bachelor of Social Work — 17
- Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) — 71
- Master of Education (MEd) — 26
- Master of Letters (MLitt) — 19
- Master of Fine Arts (MFA) — 16
- Teacher Licensure — 118
TUITION AND FEES (2013–2014)
- Tuition and Fees (Residential College for Women) — $28,720
- Room and Board (Residential College for Women) — $8,400
- ADP per Credit Hour — $427
- Graduate Teacher Education per Credit Hour — $465
- MLitt/MFA per Credit Hour — $750
- Percent undergraduates receiving financial aid: 100%
- Average undergraduate annual aid package — $19,000
ALUMNAE/I SUCCESS
- 95% of alumnae/i say they were prepared as well or better than other new employees or students in grad school
- 30% earn advanced degrees.
CIVIC AND GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT PARTNERSHIPS
Facilitated through the Spencer Center for Civic and Global Engagement
ACCREDITATION AND MAJOR RANKINGS
- No. 8 among master’s-level universities in the nation (Washington Monthly)
- Accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
- Top tier master’s university in the South (U.S. News & World Report)
- “Great School, Great Price” (U.S. News)
- Barron’s Best Buy in College Education
- President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll
- College of Distinction (Student Horizons)
- Top college in the Southeast (Princeton Review)
- Accredited by the Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC)
